<P><FONT SIZE=2>A number of commentators have suggested that hO WN, from the LXX of Ex. 3:14, had taken on the nature of a fixed formula, enough so that John, whose Greek was marginal (albeit better than most of ours), didn't notice or didn't care about the agreement.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>In addition, Barclay, in a suggestion perhaps not original with him, has pointed out that there isn't an aorist participle form of EIMI, and that something like GENOMENOS would introduce an element of changeableness or becoming.&nbsp; So the writer chose the distinctly ungrammatical HN to &quot;mark&quot; the unchangeableness of God.</FONT></P>

<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; period?&nbsp; Or is there a reason for it?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The Greek of Revelation is notoriously ungrammatical -- this is, I think, probably just one example.&nbsp; My own Greek is far more marginal than John's, but I've been able to pick out any number of examples from my own reading.&nbsp; You'll find more as you go through.</FONT></P>